Ways to Monitor Directory Server

Directory Server can be monitored in the following ways:

Directory Service Control Center

Directory Service Control Center, DSCC, can be used to monitor current activities of a Directory Server instance.

DSCC provides general server information, including a resource summary, current resource usage, connection status, and global database cache information. It also provides general database information, such as the database type, status, and entry cache statistics. Cache information and information relative to each index file within the database is also provided. In addition, DSCC provides information relative to the connections and the operations performed on each chained suffix.

Command line

The dsconf command can be used to configure logging and to monitor the replication status of Directory Server. For information about how to configure logging, see Configuring Logs for Directory Server in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Administration Guide. For information about how to use the dsconf command for monitoring, see Getting Replication Status by Using the Command Line in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Administration Guide.

The ldapsearch command can be used to search the cn=monitor entry for information about current activities of a Directory Server instance. For information about cn=monitor, see Directory ServerMonitoring Attributes.

Log analyzer tool

The Directory Server Resource Kit provides a log analyzer tool called logconv(1).

The logconv tool extracts usage statistics and counts the occurrences of significant events in the access logs.

Java Management Extensions, JMX

Directory Server exposes management information through JMX according to the Common Monitoring Information and Data Model. See the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Monitoring Guide for details.

Java ES Monitoring Framework, Java ES MF, provides an JMX entry point to retrieve data. For information about the JMX entry points exposed for monitoring Directory Server, see Directory Server and SNMP.

Simple Network Management Protocol, SNMP

Directory Server exposes management information through SNMP. See the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Monitoring Guide for details.

Java ES MF provides an SNMP entry point to retrieve SNMP data. For information about the SNMP entry points exposed for monitoring Directory Server, see Directory Server and SNMP.

Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP

Java ES MF provides a SOAP entry point to retrieve data. See the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Monitoring Guide for details.